Delaware EFL Teacher Training (DEFT)

Since 1985, the ELI has been a leader in short-term EFL teacher training. The Delaware EFL Teacher Training Institute (DEFT) is an intensive four-week certificate program designed to meet the specific needs of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers, supervisors, or teacher trainers.

DEFT provides a program of seminars, workshops, class observations, and practica, as well as training in current methods, approaches, and techniques. The program also includes developmental course work in written and spoken English, as needed.

Program instructors are members of Delaware faculty who have developed their expertise training English teachers in the US and abroad. The United States Department of State and several foreign ministries of education have awarded DEFT grants for training.

English Communication Skills Courses

DEFT also includes an option of cultural and recreational trips, such as day trips to historic Philadelphia, Baltimore, and the Amish country of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and weekend excursions to the Delaware beaches or Pennsylvania ski resorts, depending on the season, and visits to New York City and Washington, DC.